Cheese cutter



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- J. F. TOPINKA ET AL CHEESE GUTTER Filed June' lol 1926 2 Sheets-sheet1 April 5. 1921.

J. F. ToPlNKA ET AL CHEESE CUTTER Filed June 10. 1926 2 sheets-sheet 2ETW@ A l gy.

' 'JOSEPH FR'. TOPINKA, or CLEVELAND,

" C f x f -oi'iio Patented preS, 19127.

'teaser-eier AND OTTO J. WEICHART, .or EASTJCLEVELNSD;

CHEESE CUTTER;

Application filed June 10,

VThis invention Vrelates to .cutting and d ispensing machines, and isespecially'usefull for cutting predetermined quantities or cheese, orproductsof about the same characteristics, that are shaped insubstantially unifornisizesof loaves or bricks, and from which sections,or slices are cut as desired- An object of the invention is to provide amachine which is practical, sanitary, of pleasing-appearance, andreliable as to Weight and 'dimensions of cheese cut from the largerloaf, and that provides for the substitution of dierent varietiesofcheese. In the accompanying drawings:

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be used on hard cheese.

, Fig. 3, to indicate the Weight of cheese toV Figures 5, 6 and 7 areside, bottom, and front-end plan views, respectively, of a modified formof cutting machine constructed to be placed on a table; 4

Figures 8 andv 9 are side and tcp plan views respectively of a furthermodification,

and

Figure 10 is an enlarged detail, showing how the wire cutter is securedto the end ofy thev handle.

Figure 1 illustrates tivo types of cutting machines. The machine at theleft, marked A, is provided With a wire cutter, described hereafter, tobe used for cutting soft cheese,

While the machine at, the right, marked B, is'

provided With a stiff kni-fefblade cutter to rln Figure 2, a standard 1has supporting brackets 2 and v3, the latter supporting a shelf 4. Thebracket 2 has an inclined plate 5, to which is attached the base Grofthe cutter. The base 6 is slotted as at 7, lFigure 3,

v and is provided with a rack8 Which'engages the pinion 9 on the end ofthe shaft 10, which latter is provided with av knob 11. The base 6is'provided'with graduations,

be cut. `The shaft 10 is mounted in the bearing 12 Which is a part ofthe back-rest 13,

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the sides ofthe back rest/i."j :irovided@ 'erica-.e

with vlugs or tongues 14,.Fig. .4, which slideV v in the grooves 15,Figuresp2fand f1.1, A loaf of cheese, lC, Fig. l, is placed on the base,6, against the back-rest 13. Upon turning the knob 11, the pinion 9tragvels along the Y rack 8 and the backrest 13 is advanced orretracted, exposing graduationsoriv thefcut-v ter base 6, accordingtothe direction in which f the knob 11 is turned, Figures ,f 2 and-53aWhen advanced, the cheese lis pressedfor-l44 Ward on the base 6. Uponvthe outerfsidefsaf V 16, 16 of the frame of the cutter are socketsV 17,in which are the endsof the loopfhandl-e arm 18. `On .eachiarm nearV thebend ofthe loop handle are small holes, through -vvjhichf pass the pins19, 19, Fig. 1, and. against y Which are pressed the Washers 20, 20, bythe;`

. springs 21, 21. Upon the -loop varm-:18 isa,kiiifesuppoiting arm 22,the lower ends ofl which are folded around'the arms 18, asat 23, belowYthe spring and-the :upper bend'of.. l

Yarm 22 being held in the-guide' 24, theends of which latter engagethearms 18 asv shownv in Figure 1. The? arm 22 carries the .Wire cutter 60,constructedand supported asfde,

scribed under Figs. 5, 6, 7, and V10. To the Y arm 22 are attached links2.5, 25 which raise and lower a glass lid 26, ietained in the guides 27,27 by the movement ofthe handle 18, see Figure 1. Upon the glass lid 26is a lifter 28 which slips behinda slice. of cheese, 30, Fig. 1, that isin process of being cut off, and dislodgesit. In thecutter B 'at V therightVv in Fig. 1, the' arm 22 carries a perforated knife 29, Figs. 1, 2and l1, Which is maintained under pressure against the front of themachine by springs 21, 21 and which cuts offvthe slice ofl cheese 30bythe operation ofv handle 18, the movement of the f handle V18 in anupper direction raising thev glass lid and the knife, WhileV movement'inthe other direction, after pushing the cheese forward by the handle 11cuts off the slicev of cheese and closes the glass over the front of theloaf of cheese. i

The modification shown in Figures 5, 6. and 7 has side frames, 31, 31,base 32 and the slide 33. On the under side yof the base are brackets34, 34am which slides the loop 35 and which is held under tension byspring 36. The outer extremities 37, 37 of the loop 35 are provided withdetachable sleeve handles 38, 38, which are constructed.` to hold theends of a Wire knife cutter 39,

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Fig. 7y ,the loopextremitiesbeing slotted VVor otherwise constructed tohold the wire -39 taut, and to engage or support` the handles. When theVmachine is. not'in. use,

" the wire may rest in the notches 40, 40 at theupperends ofthe sideframes 31, 31.

lnoperation, a'loaf ofrcheese is placed. upon v vtheislide. 33, and theslide adj-usted by move- Y. ment of its front extremity 41 to project a10 desired quantity of cheese, as indicated by the seal'e'42'onthelslid'e, see Fig.' 9, the wire l cutter having been previouslyplaced in the `netcfhesflt); The-cutterV is now pressed `down upon theexposed cheese, and the latter severed-3 vthe spring 36 retracting theloop 35,

and-holding theiwire cutter' against the front ed've's' of the sides 31,31.

'ince different'makes ofl cheese have dif- I @ferent specific gravities,several slides 33 `may be provided, each graduated for a This procedureavoids handling l y "shown in Figures 8 and 9, the underside ofthey baseis provided with a. clamp 45, by which the' machine is secured tov atable. Ihisltype of machine isv v adapted to cut bothhard andsoftcheese,

y andis" provided with two handles, Yan upper one,46,lwhichholds a knifecutter 47, and

l "vwhi'ch is constructedV like the knife cutter v29m Figures 1,12, 3and 4. The lower the'cutter 39, which may be retained out of 'n usebelow the slide 33, and which is held in Y handle 49 in a manner similarto the wire cutter 39 of Figures 5, 6 and 7. The sides and baie of thismachine may be made of one piece of metal, the clamp 45 being stampedout of the base. should be suitably coated, as by enameling or nickelplatin-g.

7e claim:

1. In al cutting and dispensingmachine All metal parts means forexposing predetermined 'q-.uantities of lproduct to be out, a movablecutting knife for cutting off the section exposed,

means for detaching the cut section, a glass p cover for the exposedsurfaceV ofthe stock,

meansfor raising and lowering said glass cover at the time the cuttingknife is raged and' lowered. l

2. In a cheese cutter, means for supporting the cheese, means forexposing a prede-- termined section of cheese to be cut,'a*1'nov i ablecutting element, means for retaining said cutting element` inthe'cuttingv plane,

gralduations upon the-cheese support, a'movable glass cover for theexposedV surface of the cheese, means cooperating with the glass coveryand the cutting element whereby the glass cover isI raised aid loweredwhen the cutting element is raised and l'owered, and meansf'or detachingthe out section of cheese. f

In testimony signatures. f v

' JOSEPH FR. TOPINKA.

OTTO J. VVEIOHART.

whereof we hereby aliix our

